Category: Obituaries

Susan R. Simpson

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Graveside memorial services for Susan R. Simpson, 68, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Simpson died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born Nov. 12, 1941, in Appleton, Wisc.  She attended schools in Appleton, and graduated from Appleton High School.  She moved to Topeka in 1977, and to Lawrence in 1980.

Mrs. Simpson worked as a claims processor and supervisor for Blue Cross/Blue Shield for 11 years, retiring in 1995.  She attended St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church.

She married Robert L. “Bob” Simpson on Aug. 23, 1980, in Lawrence.  He died June 1, 2002.  She was also preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include children James Simpson, Lawrence, Bobbi Kearney and husband John, Valley Falls, and Tina Robbins and husband Brad, Lawrence; and seven grandchildren.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Lawrence Humane Society, or the Douglas County Friends of Children in Foster Care, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Retired Captain Gordon L. Frantz

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Retired Captain Gordon L. Frantz

Funeral services for Retired Captain Gordon L. Frantz, 80, Lawrence, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Private family burial with full military honors will follow Friday at  Leavenworth National Cemetery.

The family will receive friends 3:30 p.m. until the service hour Thursday at the funeral home.                         .

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Lawrence Humane Society, or the American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS 66044.

Ilah Jane Molby Miller

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Ilah Jane Molby Miller

Funeral services for Ilah Jane Molby Miller, 76, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with Chaplain Wilton Detweiler officiating.  Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Miller died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Brandon Woods at Alvamar.

She was born Jan. 29, 1934, in Washington County, Kan., the daughter of Frank R. and Leoda O. Sackett Molby.  She attended schools in Clinton, Kan., and graduated from Washington High School.

Mrs. Miller was an office assistant at the University of Kansas for nearly 36 years.  She was a member of the First Christian Church, and a Deaconness in the Christian Church.  She was also a member of the Kaw Valley Good Sam Camping Club.

She married Bernard Leroy Miller on June 24, 1973 in Lawrence. He died Jan. 1, 1995.  She was also preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother Verda North Molby, and her stepbrother, Clifford Hamill.

Survivors include two stepsons, Michael L. Miller, Lawrence, and Patrick Miller, Olathe; two stepdaughters, Angie McClure, Lecompton, and Judy Hadley, Seattle; three brothers, the Rev. Robert Molby and wife Fayetta, Omaha, Frank Molby and wife Sharon, Lawrence, and Eugene Molby, Ulysses; nine stepgrandchildren, and three step great grandchildren.

Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the First Christian Church, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Elizabeth Cowie Kennedy

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Graveside services for Elizabeth Cowie Kennedy, 95, Lacon, Illinois, will be private.  Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Kennedy died Sunday, September 19, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lacon.

She was born October 14, 1914, in Lawrence, the daughter of Ernest E. and Eleanor (Pierson) Cowie.  She graduated from Kansas State University. 

She married Dr. Francis Maxwell Kennedy on November 22, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo.  He preceded her in death on February 23, 2004.

She was a teacher for several years in Walnut, Kan., and a substitute teacher in Illinois.  Mrs. Kennedy assisted her husband in the Kennedy Veterinary Clinic in Washburn, Illinois for several years.  She was an avid golfer and bridge player.

Survivors include three daughters, Elinor Everitt and husband Dave, Moline, Ill., Mary Beth Armentrout and husband Fred, Chillicothe, Ill., and Sandy Gilhouse and husband Mark,  Sun Prairie, Wisc.; eleven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Kansas State University, or to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lacon, sent in care of the funeral home 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Eleanor M. Remlinger

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Funeral services for Eleanor M. Remlinger, 80, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, with Bishop Peter Steimle and Larry Day officiating.  Private interment will be later at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

 Mrs. Remlinger died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at her home.

 She was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Topeka.

 Mrs. Remlinger was a homemaker.  She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  She enjoyed birds, children, and soap operas.

 She married William F. “Bill” Remlinger on June 27, 1949, in Topeka.  He died Mar. 7, 2000.  She was also preceded in death by a son, Fred.

 Survivors include a son, Stephen, Lawrence; two daughters, Laura Hugunin, Overland Park, and Penny Kelley, Independence, Mo.; her caregiver, Barbara Sufian, Lawrence; seven grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

 Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

 The family suggests memorial contributions to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Missionary Fund, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Dr. F. Russell Frink

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Dr. F. Russell Frink

A Celebration of Life for Dr. F. Russell Frink, 91, Lawrence, will be announced at a later date.  He donated his body to science.

Dr. Frink died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at The Windsor of Lawrence.

He was born Jan. 9, 1919, in Lawrence, the son of Lloyd and Grace Russell Frink.  He served in the United States Army in Europe during World War II as a Lieutenant Colonel.  Upon his return to the states, he attended and graduated from Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.

Dr. Frink practiced medicine in Lawrence from 1949 to 1974.  He then served as the Chief of the Primary Care Clinic at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida from 1975 to 1996, before retiring back to Lawrence.

He married Margaret Ice Stough Metz on Aug, 17, 1947, at Danforth Chapel on the Kansas University campus.  She died July 17, 2003.  He was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and a sister.

Survivors include a daughter, Mimi Frink Kaplysh and husband Ted, Grand Lake, Colo.; two sons, James Frink and wife Sharon, Lawrence, and Paul Frink, Merritt Island, Fla.; four grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association, or Grace Hospice, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Roda “May” Abel

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Funeral services for Roda “May” Abel, 76, Lawrence will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at  Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.

 Mrs. Abel died Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at her son’s home in Baldwin City.

She was born July 20, 1934, in Shannon County, MO. the daughter of Charles L. and Telsia Ivy Callahan Roberts.

Mrs. Abel was a homemaker.

She was a member of the River City CB Club and Oohs and Aahs Camping Club, both of Lawrence.

Mrs. Abel married Robert Lloyd Abel on May 31, 1951, in Salem, Ark.  He died June 14, 1997.

Survivors include a son, Mark and wife Veronica Abel, Baldwin City; a brother, Charles Roberts, Oskaloosa; a sister Eula Reynolds,  Lawrence; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Friends may call from 9 a.m.to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Memorials may be made to Odyssey Hospice of Lenexa, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Mildred Irene Petefish Allen

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Private graveside services for Mildred Irene Petefish Allen, 95, Baldwin City, will be Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Allen died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, at Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community.

She was born Jan. 1, 1915, in the Sigel neighborhood of rural Douglas County, the daughter of Alva E. and Daisy Hickock Petefish.  She graduated from Sigel School in 1928, and from Liberty Memorial High School in 1932.  She later attended Lawrence Business College.

Mrs. Allen was employed by Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company for 28 years as a Legal Secretary.  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Baldwin City, and was a charter member of United Methodist Women.  She held various positions in the local, district, and conference of United Methodist Women.  She was a member of the Evangeline Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star, and was Worthy Matron Grand page and District Aide, Past Matrons, and Chapter CK of P.E.O., the American Legion Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Leisure Hour, Santa Fe Historical Society, Douglas County Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, the American Association of Retired Persons, Charter member of Baldwin City Business and Professional Women’s Club, Rebekah Lodge, Kansas Alumni Association, Douglas County Republican Women, and Farm and Country Republican Women.  She served as chairman of the Baldwin City Bicentennial Committee, and served as a Republican Precinct Committeewoman for many years.  She was past president of the Women’s Kansas Day Club, a member of West Side Study Club, the 40 and 8 Salon No. 512, the National Federation of Republican Women, and the Red Hat Society.

She married Richard F. Allen on Aug. 22, 1952, in Topeka.  They resided in Baldwin City.  He died Mar. 29, 1993.  He was an attorney and served in the Kansas Legislature in the 1950’s.

She is preceded in death by one brother George Petefish and 3 sisters, Marie Johnson, Mae Cox and Faye Goff.

Survivors include a stepson, Ralph C. Allen and wife Kathy, El Cajon, Calif.; a stepdaughter, Georgianna Tait, Scottsdale, Ariz.; several step-grandchildren, several step-great-grandchildren; several nephews, including Rex Johnson and wife Shirley, Clinton, and George Goff, Lawrence; and several nieces, including Berniece Kennedy, Lawrence, and Doris Wingert and husband Lloyd, Lawrence.

Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Grace Hospice, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.

William D. Naff

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William D. Naff

Funeral services for William Dale Naff, 78, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Southside Church of Christ, with Mark Abshier officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence.

Mr. Naff died Monday, September 6, 2010, at his home.

He was born November 3, 1931, in St. Paul, Kansas, the son of Philip Donald and Bessie Lavone (Welch) Naff. He graduated from University High School at KU in 1949.

Mr. Naff served as Petty Officer 3rd Class in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was a member of the Southside Church of Christ and past member of Lions Club.

He worked for Southwestern Bell for many years retiring as a Supervisor.

He married Darlene M. Votaw on April 24, 1953.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include two sons, William N. “Buddy” Naff and wife Cynthia, Lawrence, KS and Mark A. Naff and wife Cynthia, Lawrence, KS.; a daughter, Kim E. Pendergraft and husband A. Powell, Austin, TX; two brothers, Robert E. Naff of Eudora, KS and E. Duaine Naff and wife Martha, San Bernardino, CA; and seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mr. Naff was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Lavone Broyles.

Friends may call Sunday noon to 8 p.m. at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Memorials in memory of Mr. Naff may be made to Douglas County VNA, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care, in care of  Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.